Note: The job is a remote job and is open to candidates in USA. Scientific Games is a global leader in lottery games, sports betting, and technology, partnering with government lotteries and delivering data analytics, iLottery, retail, and digital solutions. The Senior Data Program Manager translates roadmaps and product definitions into executable work across Data Products & Analytics, Platform Engineering, and Data Science/ML, while owning epic quality, cross-board visibility, Jira processes, and program cadence as an individual contributor.
Responsibilities
- Convert roadmap items and product definitions into epics sized for DS and PE sprint planning
- Draft independently, then iterate with technical leads before work goes on a board
- Own epic structure, acceptance criteria, sequence, and dependencies — implementation detail stays with technical leads
- Hold a Ready-to-Execute standard: three clarifying questions means the epic wasn’t ready
- Track active work across the DP&A, DS, and PE boards; give a coherent picture of what’s in flight, blocked, or at risk
- Identify sequencing conflicts and cross-team dependencies before they become sprint blockers
- Own the Jira process and sprint cadence for the Data Products & Analytics team
- Facilitate planning, review, and retro ceremonies — decision-oriented, not status-reporting exercises
- Manage the backlog so what’s in Jira reflects what the team is actually trying to do
- Set the standard for epic and process quality that other contributors follow across DP&A — without a reporting relationship
Skills
- Bachelor's degree in a relevant field
- Agile/Scrum or PMP certification a plus
- 7+ years in program or project management within a data or software delivery context, with deep hands-on ownership (people-management experience not required)
- Program management depth — knows what makes an epic actually usable
- Technical grounding without engineering scope — enough to draft an epic a senior engineer can work from, pending iteration
- Cross-functional operating instincts — visibility across teams they don't control, without creating overhead
- Jira fluency as a process designer, not just a user — board structure, epic standards, a backlog tied to real priorities
- Strong written communication — artifacts clear enough to act on without a meeting
- Influence without authority — holds others to a quality standard (e.g., Ready-to-Execute) with no reporting relationship
- Experience designing process across multiple teams
- Exposure to data, analytics, or ML delivery environments
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